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Knowlton Parish Council

Wimborne St Giles is a parish within the group parish of Knowlton. Parish councils can be involved in planning, highways, traffic, community safety, housing, street lighting, allotments, cemeteries, playing fields, community centres, litter, war memorials, seats and shelters and rights of way and many other day to day issues.

Knowlton Parish Council has qualified to hold the ‘general power of competence’ to better enable them to take on an enhanced role and allow them to do the things they have previously been unable to do under their existing powers.